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Patrick Stewart, the classically trained stage actor, has died.
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Those of us who like our movies recycled will be happy to hear that "The Hangover Part II," the movie which unabashedly rips off the plot, pretty much point by point, of its predecessor "The Hangover" swept the box office this weekend. Bloomberg reports that "The Hangover Part II" raked in $86.5 million, breaking the record for best comedy debut which had been held by "The Simpsons Movie," which brought in $74 million when it opened in 2007.
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A few ideas for some things to do on this Memorial Day holiday in L.A. including a benefit rummage sale, a wine fest in Downtown, a country fair, and a free day at LACMA.
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"Philosophy Presenting the Seven Liberal Arts to Boethius," about 1460-1470 by Coëtivy Master (Henri de Vulcop?) (French, active about 1450 - 1485); Image courtesy The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 42, leaf 2v What we wear every day has meaning--just ask any host of all those reality shows about fashion, makeovers, and style. "Fashion in the Middle Ages," a manuscript exhibit at the Getty Center opening Tuesday, May 31, focuses on how...
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Photo by Shawn S. Park via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr 12:12 Song @Actual Size Los Angeles (Chinatown) If you're up and raring to go, and happen to be headed Chinatown way, pop in Actual Size Los Angeles to see the conclusion of a 12-hour-long "improvisatory sound work" that got underway at midnight. Over 40 artists and musicians will be taking part, and the public (some who might still be slumbering) were...
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Kiki Lambden, Troy Blendell, and Kimberly Yates in the Los Angeles premiere of The Mistakes Madeline Made Ten minutes into the Los Angeles premiere of Elizabeth Meriwether's 2006 play Mistakes Madeline Made, you may find yourself relaxing comfortably in your seat ready to spend the next 65 minutes laughing about having a lousy job working for rich people. We are introduced to Edna, starting a new job as a personal assistant to a wealthy...
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Local radio personality Diana Nyad, 61, is getting ready to finish something she started 30 years ago: a swim from Cuba to the Florida Keys, reports the Washington Post. Nyad, who hosts sports show "The Score" on KCRW, has been a long-distance endurance athlete for most of her life. In 1978, when she was 29, she attempted to swim the distance between a point on the shore in Cuba all the way to Florida.
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Photo courtesy OCFF, by Lisa Rose. It’s Saturday, May 28th - Memorial Day weekend for those of you keeping track at home - which means if you’re reading this, you might just be looking for something to do tonight. Now, don’t be ashamed; one of the benefits of living in a city like Los Angeles is that there’s so many options, all the time. And when the trifecta of food, movies, and the outdoors...
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Photo by Salina Canizales via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr "Vertigo" at Cinespia See this 1958 Hitchcock classic under the stars at Hollywood Forever. Gates are at 7 p.m., movie at 8:30. $10 donation tickets available at the gate, or you can buy ahead online. Parking is $10. Bring food and drink, but no tall chairs. [Info] Street Art Exhibit Opening tonight at Maximillian Gallery is “What Graffiti is to New York...
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Conan O'Brien gets what he wants. But he doesn't have a street named after him. Not yet at least. Thursday night he showed up with a sign and a call for justice. After all, Oprah has a street in Chicago named after her. "I've been in Los Angeles for 22 months," Conan said. "Isn't it time I got a street named after me?"
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LACMA will present Tim Burton this Sunday, a major retrospective that explores the full range of his work as an artist, director, photographer, and writer respectively. Perhaps best known for his dark, creative vision in the films The Nightmare Before Christmas and Edward Scissorhands, the Burbank native’s exhibit features over 700 drawings, paintings, photographs, moving-image works, storyboards, puppets, costumes, movie props, and more.
